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Design 104 Mood

Mood was designed and built for J. Seward Johnson by Henry Nevins of City Island, New York. Johnson was a son of one of the Founders of Johnson & Johnson, the pharmaceutical company. He was a good and repeat client of the firm. Mood was to be his 3rd S&S six meter racing yacht after Jill (#16) and Jack (#30).

The boat is notable as she is not only the first S&S six meter with a reverse transom by the first S&S design with a reverse transom. Heres a look at that transom at the Nevins yard. She was launched in 1936.


The boat has been renamed a couple of times over the years. Her first name change was to Bob Kat III. She is now called Firecracker.

Here are the plans.